Reducing homelessness using direct cash transfers (expansion project)

The goal of this project is to examine the effect of one-time unconditional direct cash-transfer to recently homeless individuals in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Building on promising results from our research team’s ground-breaking pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 50 cash recipients, the current project seeks to confirm this preliminary evidence using a larger RCT with […]

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Transition à la vie adulte des jeunes contrevenants

Les jeunes qui entrent en contact avec les systèmes de justice juvéniles (les jeunes contrevenants) sont parmi les groupes les plus marginalisés de notre société. C’est pourquoi la Fondation pour les jeunes contrevenants du Québec s’est donné pour mission de « soutenir les jeunes dans leurs efforts à retrouver une trajectoire responsable ». La fondation […]

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To enhance translation of the intention-physical activity gap amongst Canadian adults by integrating the multi-process action control framework into the ParticipACTION app.

Regular physical activity is essential for optimal physical and mental health however the majority of Canadians aren’t meeting physical activity recommendations. The ParticipACTION app aims to assist Canadians in becoming more active and the purpose of this research program is to enhance the app’s impact by informing it with the Multi-Process Action Control (M-PAC) Framework. […]

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CAUDS Coalition Project

The intern will work on a project to develop a coalition of cross-sector community leaders in a mental health-care setting. The project will contribute to new solutions to community challenges in Canada surrounding the pharmacological treatment of alcohol use disorder. The intern will train in research skills, interdisciplinary teamwork, and community-based research methodologies. The intern […]

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Post-Wildfire Stand-Type Shifts in the Western Boreal

We tend to think of wildfire as resetting the biological clock back to zero; forest types always come back to whatever was there before it burned. However, new evidence reveals that this is not always the case and fire can also cause changes to forest types. For example, very hot fires can kill seeds stored […]

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Analyzing the potential of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles as distributed energy storage or generators to decarbonize transportation and power sectors

Decarbonizing the transportation sector and scaling up energy storage are critical for the transition to a net-zero economy. This project will study the potential of connecting fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) to the electrical grid as distributed energy storage and/or electricity generators to supply electricity to the grid when needed. This FCEVs-to-grid pathway can maximize […]

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Exploring the threshold of mental health impact on cognition

The objective of this project is to better understand the impact prevalent mental health challenges have on cognition. For this pilot study, neurophysiological electroencephalography (EEG) will be investigated in three different mental health population groups: those suffering from Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), depression, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Portable EEG will be used to assess […]

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Understanding the efficacy of mitigation translocation for Columbia Spotted Frogs (Rana luteiventris) in British Columbia

British Columbia has used the approach of capturing and moving amphibians that would otherwise be destroyed or negatively affected by human project activities to an alternative release site as a standard to conserving herpetofauna over the last decade; referred to as mitigation translocation or salvaging. The use of mitigation translocation to offset direct and indirect […]

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Comment mieux composer avec l’écoanxiété : Rôle de l’ERE dans le pouvoir agir d’élèves de niveau secondaire et collégial face aux changements climatiques

Conscientiser les jeunes générations aux problématiques socioenvironnementales tout en favorisant un pouvoir et un désir d’agir est nécessaire afin d’en faire des citoyennes et citoyens engagé.es et résilient.es. Or, cette prise de conscience vient parfois avec de l’anxiété et une peur de l’avenir que l’on nomme écoanxiété. Celle-ci peut être un moteur d’engagement et d’adaptation, […]

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